Non-resident Indians invested over $2 billion in Indian real estate in 2013, riding on the back of a weak rupee and heightened promotions by developers to attract them at a time when domestic demand was weak

MUMBAI: Inorbit Mall, a subsidiary of K Raheja Corporation, plans to invest around Rs 250 crore every year for expanding its presence in the country through brownfield route, a top company official said.

CHENNAI: Chennai-based Vivendi Ventures, which is into real estate development and fund management, is planning to launch a private equity arm headquartered in Singapore, to invest in real estate projects in India.

PUNE: Rapid urbanization and demographic changes, especially in the emerging markets, will lead to substantial growth in the real estate investment industry, over the next six years. At the same time as the industry’s opportunities grow, so will assets invested into the sector.

DELHI: Presently, the real estate sector in India is facing several challenges. These include lack of adequate sources of finance, shortage of labour, steep rise in the prices of raw material, multiple tax system and lengthy and delayed procedures for approvals.

MUMBAI|BANGALORE: HDFC Mutual Fund plans to raise up to Rs 1,500 crore for real estate through a newly-formed category — alternative investment funds (AIF). According to two persons familiar with the matter, the asset management company will raise the money through a new division that is likely to be called HDFC AIF.

MUMBAI: Driven by rapid urbanisation and demographic changes, especially in emerging markets, global investment in the real estate sector is likely to increase 55 per cent to $45.3 trillion by 2020 from $29 trillion in 2012, according to PwC.

THANE: Even as Thane city is witnessing a spurt in the number of residential projects being launched by developers, property consultants and experts are, however, divided over whether this is the right time to invest.

MUMBAI: The past decade has seen the Indian real estate industry ride on a roller coaster ride through many highs and lows. This period has seen the expansion fury which gripped the sector with the market peaking in 2006 -2007 characterized by a growth in demand, substantial development and increased foreign investments. By mid-2008, this fervour was replaced by cautious evaluation of business models and plans, which was the key agenda of the business houses when the market loomed large with unc

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DELHI: The home loan EMI is divided into interest and principal repayment, and the proportion of each changes over the years as the interest component falls and the principal rises. So, if Kamat prepays the loan, he will find a large amount of principal still outstanding, while the interest would already have been paid, assuming full term. When a loan is paid in part, the EMI for the remaining period is reworked. However, this is also based on the assumption of a full-term repayment, where the i

MUMBAI/BANGALORE: India's recent decision to blacklist Cyprus for not providing tax data will hit developers and realty funds. Investors who have routed their funds through Cyprus are likely to face a big decline in returns as developers will now be expected to withhold higher tax amounts. So far, these investments were structured around 10% withholding tax, which is likely to jump to 30%.

DELHI: Dr Reddy's Laboratories' chairman, G V Prasad, called for the Indian pharmaceutical industry to move up the value chain from generics through investing in research and innovation, reported the Business Standard last week. Mr Prasad's aspirational call to action is, however, a sad reminder of how the government's policies create a hostile environment for investment and hobble Indian creativity. A salient example of these counterproductive policies are the attacks on some 15 medicine patent

MUMBAI: Raghavan and Radhika Ranjan recently purchased their own apartment, their first big-ticket investment. It was an achievement for them considering that they are in their early thirties. The process of finding the right property, completing the paper-work, furnishing took the Ranjans nearly 10 months.

DELHI: Outstanding investments in the country's real estate sector were six per cent lower at Rs 14.51 lakh crore in September 2013 as against the same month previous year, according to a study by industry body Assocham.

MUMBAI:High price points and sticky borrowing costs have weakened buyer sentiment in the commercial and housing markets but realtors hope that since pent-up demand has increased over the three year slowdown in demand the first quarter of 2014 could see an upturn.

MUMBAI: Economic slowdown, inflationary pressures, volatility in foreign exchange and stock markets, together with liquidity crunch and costly debt, took a toll on India's real estate sector in 2013, with investor sentiment taking a severe beating despite a number of reform initiatives undertaken by the government.

MUMBAI: Ganesh Kumar, a real estate consultant in the Andheri area here, recently bought a 2,200-sq-ft property in Pune and leased it to a financial services firm. “I invested in office property for the first time. I am getting returns of 12-13 per cent, which is very good,” Kumar says.

DELHI: A client called me for advice on a real estate investment. He had recently sold some old family property and wanted to invest his share of the proceeds in a commercial property. Real estate dominated his portfolio, so I told him not to put all eggs in one basket. The client shared his inherited piece of wisdom that since time immemorial, real estate has given great returns: "Invest in thousands and reap in lakhs."

DELHI: The government may reject the urban development ministry's proposal to scrap all restrictions on foreign direct investment below 50% in real estate on the grounds that there can be no exemptions on rules such as minimum area norms.

AHMEDABAD: Although Gujarat has seen no new investments in the realty sector in the first
quarter of 2013-14, the State topped a list of 20 States in the country with 35 per cent completed projects in the sector during this quarter, apex industry body Assocham said on Monday.